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Thursday, April 11, 2013

New Online Trainings

We
are busy adding content to the online training system. Several
trainings have been added this spring and a few more will be available
in the next couple weeks.

They include:

Title: Harassment in the Workplace: Recognition and Your Responsibilities

Audience: This course is intended for all school employees.

Description:
This course looks at what harassment in the workplace looks like,
focusing specifically on both sexual harassment and workplace bullying.
This training will help individuals identify, prevent, and respond
appropriately to harassment.

Title: Health Information Privacy (HIPAA) Compliance

Audience:
The intended audience for this course is any educator, nurse or school
employee who might come in contact with student health information or
records.

Description:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was
passed in 1996, and yet, many school employees do not understand how
HIPAA applies to student health information that is maintained by
schools. You may not know when, or if, student health records are exempt
from HIPAA regulations, or what steps to take if HIPAA does apply to
your school.This training will give you an overview of the law and a practical understanding of how that applies to your work.

Description:
Technology, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework
to help understand the importance of aligning good technology
integration with the curriculum and important student strategies. This
course provides an overview of TPACK, including focus on developing
lessons with a Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge focus.

Title: Bullying Prevention (New)

Audience: This course is intended for all school employees.

Description:
This training identifies what constitutes student bullying, what are
some of the warning signs, and how to prevent or respond to bullying.
The intended audience is all educators who work in proximity of
students, including teachers, paraeducators, and other support staff.

Title: Digital Publishing for the Classroom - Mac (New)

Audience: Inservice PreK-12 teachers and AEA course developers

Description:
With the advent of mobile technology, including tablets, the need for
teachers to be develop their own e-curricular resources for mobile
technology is higher than ever. This training introduces teachers to
the legal ramifications of creating e-curriculum for mobile devices, and
shows teachers how to create e-curriculum using the .epub or .ibook
format using a Mac computer.

Title: Digital Publishing for the Classroom - Windows (New)

Audience: Inservice PreK-12 teachers and AEA course developers

Description:
With the advent of mobile technology, including tablets, the need for
teachers to be develop their own e-curricular resources for mobile
technology is higher than ever. This training introduces teachers to the
legal ramifications of creating e-curriculum for mobile devices, and
shows teachers how to create e-curriculum using the .epub format using a
Windows computer.

Title: Interviewing and Hiring Practices

Audience: District employees who are either hiring managers or participating in the interviewing and hiring process

Description: This
training helps participants understand steps in the interviewing and
hiring practice, as well as legal requirements regarding protected EEOC
classes. It is intended for individuals involved in the hiring process
who do not have specialization in human resources. This includes both
hiring managers (e.g. building principals or supervisors looking to fill
an opening) as well as interview committee members.

Part
of this training will focus on aspects in the hiring process that might
not directly relate to these individuals (that is, aspects that will be
overseen by human resource specialists), but that serve as important
background for their role.